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Phil McKinney

Phil McKinney is an innovator, podcaster, author, and speaker. He is the retired CTO of HP. Phil's book, Beyond The Obvious, shares his expertise and lessons learned on innovation and creativity.

Ideas generated in the Killer Innovation workshop on education

On May 6th 2011, 11 people volunteered their time to participate in a Killer Innovations workshop to “Innovate Education”.  The following video shows the “grouping exercise” for the ideas generated during the workshop. On YouTube |  Subscribe in iTunes The major groupings that emerged were: Teacher

Killer Innovation workshop

Innovate Education Workshop

we can fix healthcare

Are you avoiding the trap of corporate entrainment?

decoding silicon valley

So .. what is a killer innovation?

In this blog (and on the podcast), I frequently toss around the term “killer innovation”. Is this different from a normal innovation? Yes. The definition of innovation is: Innovation is the multi-stage process whereby organizations transform ideas into improved products, services, or processes, in o

Killer Innovation logo with trademark symbol

How to innovate in spite of the corporate antibodies (Video)

I recently gave a talk at the Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering Conference.  The format was a “fireside chat” where I was asked to comment on the challenges of innovating inside a large organization, how to create an innovation culture and what tools and tricks have I uncovered over my car

How to innovate in spite of the corporate antibodies (Video)

6th Year Anniversary Of The Killer Innovations Podcast

On March 22, 2005, the first episode of the Killer Innovations podcast was uploaded.  Its hard to believe that we just passed the 6th year.  What started out as a early experiment to see if anyone would listen turned into source of encouragement and friendships.  Its funny how this works.

6th Year Anniversary Of The Killer Innovations Podcast

NY Times Article On New Device Concept

In this mornings New York Times, reporter Randall Stross published an article that covered my recent speech in Shanghai where I revealed an investigation into the concept of connected watches.  All in all a good article but it missed a key point.  The author seems to focus on “do we need watches” ra

NY Times Article On New Device Concept

Why is it so hard to give a good speech?

The ability to communicate is a skill/ability that is in short supply.  I know of a number of highly intelligent people who seem to struggle during their presentations to share their ideas.  If you can’t effectively communicate, then the impact of your ideas is near zero.  Communicating, especially

Why is it so hard to give a good speech?

What does 10 years in the future look like?

Below are the slides from a speech I recently gave where I discussed the innovations that will define the landscape over the next 10 years. The world continues to undergo radical change, and it is important to understand the challenges that will arise and how businesses and consumers prepare for the

What does 10 years in the future look like?

ABC News Video On 3D

Here is the ABC Tech This Out show on 3D that I appeared in.  This is an old segment that I’ve been meaning to post.  When do you think 3D will go mainstream??  What do you think is holding it back?? Let me know …

ABC News Video On 3D